# Incident 19950216008669I: Cessna 150L, San Antonio, TX, February 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1995, 17:25 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JD2R
- Location: 29.3370° N, 98.4710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STINSON MUNI (SSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3370&lon=-98.4710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3XZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3XZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216008669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, AIRCRAFT N3XZ, A CESSNA MODEL 150L, EXPERIENCED ENGINE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER AT 2400 FT. MSL WHILE RETURNING TO STINSON FIELD. MR. DIMITRIS, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT DURING THE INCIDENT AND HE ELECTED TO LAND ON A FIELD ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF STINSON. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE #2 ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN AT THE ROCKER ARM BOSS AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3XZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940618021899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940618021899I), Jun 18, 1994: Cessna 150L (N3XZ), San Antonio, TX. Lost power at cruise flight. Landed safe off airport. NR1 cylinder head rocker arm boss broke off.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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